carcomer

Senso (Inglese)

  1. (also, figuratively, transitive) to eat away (to erode or corrode gradually)
  2. (reflexive) to waste away, to be consumed

Con il trattino come
car‧co‧mer
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/kaɾkoˈmeɾ/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From carcoma (“woodworm”) + -er (verbal suffix), probably influenced by comer (“eat”).

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